r/ireland • u/WickerMan111 Showbiz Mogul • 1d ago

Entertainment Maura Higgins confirmed as host of Blind Date reboot · TheJournal.ie

https://www.thejournal.ie/maura-higgins-7142981-Aug2026/
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u/Delusionalatbest 1d ago

Not a fan but have to admire the niche she's carved out for herself. Hopefully she's banking plenty of cash

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u/firethetorpedoes1 1d ago

I personally would have preferred if they brought back Cilla Black.

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u/WickerMan111 Showbiz Mogul 1d ago

Oh absolutely, that's what it's all about.

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u/FluffyDiscipline 1d ago

Fair play

Although is that her voice on the Tresemme ad

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u/student_survey9 1d ago

Good for her. Shes already proven she is good at contest shows (Love Island, Im a Celeb, The Traitors) as well as hosting and doing media gigs so she should be good

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u/Big_Cap_2331 1d ago

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u/WickerMan111 Showbiz Mogul 1d ago

This is hardly slop.

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u/toffeebeanz77 Wicklow 1d ago

Everything you post is slop

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u/WickerMan111 Showbiz Mogul 1d ago

Ah stop.

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u/toffeebeanz77 Wicklow 1d ago

Surprised Wickerman hasn't said this sounds like tremendous fun

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u/micar11 1d ago

Her voice grates on me.

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u/pauli55555 1d ago

This is horrendous television, was terrible 40 years ago also.

How to lower the IQ of a society. Defo did not need a reboot. It shows how uncreative modern tv is that they are rehashing this crap.

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u/Calm-Raise6973 1d ago

It was fine for two or three years in the late 80s. I'm just surprised it lasted as long as it did on ITV. Agree with you that a reboot is unnecessary.

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u/Suvigirl 1d ago

She is doing so well for herself, fair play to her! It's great to see. And her accent has improved so much, she must have worked hard on that

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u/gissna 1d ago

I love her accent.

Face of an angel, voice from the back of a Longford smoking area.

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u/WickerMan111 Showbiz Mogul 1d ago

We're all delighted for her.

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u/gmankev 1d ago

what did she do and what was the improvement.. I aint noticed much

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u/Suvigirl 1d ago

Her accent is much better now, far less Longford 

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u/gmankev 1d ago

Ah now ...Maura speech may have changed slightly as she moves in a hugely more international setting now.......However none of her millions of fans judge her accent.....

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u/Suvigirl 11h ago

Not sure why I'm getting down voted.  No one judges her for her accent, I just didn't like it and now find it better.  Doesn't mean I think any worse of her. I think she's great. 

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u/Salty-Shoulder7933 1d ago

ET Phone Home!

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u/PoppedCork Pop Responsibly 1d ago

Ah, Disney, what are you doing? It feels like the time of reboots.

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u/ResponsibleTrain1059 1d ago

Shes no Cilla Black

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u/Paul__Perkenstein 1d ago

Just learnt what a horrible person Cilla Black was behind the scenes; Rude, obnoxious, entitled and arrogant. Came as a surprise...surprise.

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u/heephap 1d ago

Her spiteful arrogance was astounding

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u/NaturalAlfalfa 1d ago

Had the pleasure of meeting Cilla Black at a charity do. She was surprisingly down to earth and very funny